Video of Colorado River from Hite Overlook last Saturday. Looks upriver (Cataract Canyon take out visible), then pans right to reveal Hite boat ramp before ending with a view of the river again. This all used to be Lake Powell. #climatechange #coloradoriver

For context: Arizona gets 2.8 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado River each year, and California gets 4.4 million.

The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision on the West Virginia v EPA case on Monday morning. This case is bonkers–SCOTUS is ruling on a legal challenge against a Clean Air Act regulation that *does not exist.* A🧵of sorts. Both historical and personal. Bear with.

Update: no decision on West Virginia v EPA today. Next batch of rulings will be issued on Wednesday.

Calling City of Tucson

The Supreme Court sharply curtails the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change. In a 6-3 ruling, the court sides with conservative states and fossil-fuel companies in adopting a narrow reading of the Clean Air Act.

LOVE the new I voted election stickers. #pimacountyvotes ⁦Gabriella Cázares-Kelly⁩

The Bureau of Reclamation has green lit a water transfer from a farm (owned by a hedge fund that critics say is commoditizing Arizona’s water) on the #ColoradoRiver in western AZ to a growing suburb of Phoenix. Here’s my story from 2 years ago on the controversial sale: youtu.be/Qu306i9DqKU

An intense goose situation and its (spoiler alert) happy ending:

If Governor Katie Hobbs is serious about protecting groundwater, she must work to close the mining loophole in Arizona. Mines in AZ are currently exempt from groundwater regulation. They can pump unlimited amounts without paying the state a dime. My op-ed👇 azmirror.com/2024/02/12/if-…

“A well written Endangered Species Act petition should bring the reader to tears.” My Center for Biological Diversity colleague Patrick Donnelly featured in The New Yorker’s #talkofthetown. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Breaking: Tohono O’odham students, elders and members of other Tribes have given a name to Arizona’s newest wild jaguar: O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam (Jaguar Protector. Listen to why Kii’yaa’nii thinks it’s important to protect O:ṣhad and all jaguars…

Last week I checked a handful of trail cameras in a few Sky Islands in southern Arizona & was dumbfounded to find a beautiful wild ocelot on one of them. For the safety of this endangered & elegant cat I won’t be disclosing the location at this time.